An eight-year-old refugee from war-torn Syria has been melting hearts after showing his compassion for a dog that had been hit by a car.

Huseyin El-Hasan, one of five children of a Syrian refugee family living in the city of Kilis in southern Turkey, saw the injured dog by the side of the road.

Seeing that the dog was cold and shivering, he ran home to fetch a blanket, which he wrapped around the animal to try to keep it warm until help arrived.

An eight-year-old refugee from war torn Syria showed a dying dog kindness in its final moments, as it lay on the roadside having been hit by a car. Huseyin El-Hasan wrapped the dog in a blanket and stroked its head while waiting for vets to arrive to try and save it

The young boy comforted the wounded dog in its final moments and despite vets arriving to treat the animal, it couldn't be saved. Nonetheless the kindness of the young boy has melted hearts around the world

The dog was a stray which had been run over by a hit-and-run driver in the city which lies close to the Syrian border and just 42 miles from war-ravaged Aleppo.

Eyewitnesses had lifted it from the tarmac and placed it by the roadside where Huseyin spotted the dog and decided to do what he could to help.

The little boy begged passersby to help the injured dog and he stayed with it until a team from the Kilis Municipality Veterinary Directorate arrived on the scene.

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Huseyin El-Hasan (left) begged passers-by to help the dog who was unable to move. He waited with the dog until workers from a local vets arrived to help

The dog, which had suffered serious injuries to its rear legs, was taken in an animal ambulance to a veterinary clinic where it sadly later died. Huseyin issued the plea afterwards: 'Please drive carefully, what had the dog done wrong?'

The dog, which had suffered serious injuries to its rear legs, was taken in an animal ambulance to a veterinary clinic where it sadly later died.

A Kilis Municipality Veterinary Directorate spokesman said: 'The dog was taken on a stretcher into an ambulance car and then to a vet where unfortunately, despite all interventions, the dog could not be saved due to internal bleeding.'

Huseyin was devastated to hear the bad news and issued a plea to local motorists.

After hearing of Huseyin's kindness the deputy mayor of Kilis arrived at his home to thank him for his kindness and gave his family blankets and food in return for his kind gesture

He said: 'The cars are all driving very fast, please drive carefully. What had the dog done wrong?'

Huseyin's kindness was noticed by the deputy mayor of Kilis, Cuma Özdemir who vistited the young boy's home with gifts to thank him for his gesture.

He gave the refugee's family food and blankets and thanked him for his efforts.

‘It may seem like a small and simple affair to some, but [Huseyin] has done a great deal for humanity, and putting his own blanket on the dog when he was cold made us feel very moved,’ Cuma told Haber Turk.